I have always fancied the aqua color of the instrument panel in the Russian birds.

Why is there so much hatred directed to these Soviet planes? Compare them to similar western aircraft of the same era and technology wise, they are similar. These planes were simply designed for a different market with different needs along with different piloting and cultural traditions. Lets just all appreciate the diversity of aviation and calm the hatred

@JohnMichaelson

8 жыл бұрын

+Alejandro Tsang I was thinking exactly the same thing. They're still flying decades later. I bought this program just to see the old designs and how they operated & appreciate the willingness of the producers to record them for what is now a bygone era. Cubana no longer flies the IL-62 leaving only a tiny handful of carriers that do.

@richardlionheart3965

8 жыл бұрын

+Alejandro Tsang Best comment so far. Fantastic to see these videos of 60s & 70s designs kept flying. What choice did Cuba have in the circumstances? The tiller as steering wheel makes a lot of sense. The Russian & Ukrainian designs were very practical and tough. Still love a TU-154M engine noise

@jerryjencik3879

8 жыл бұрын

i love russkies flew with them several times, pilots are superior to any western one. No shit, most of them are ex airforce dudes and it shows, just look how they perfomig at air shows. Simply astonishing.

@TheUglyGnome

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's because 'Muricans are so butt-hurt for the fact that they can't even send their own astronauts to the ISS and have to use superior Russian design.

@RichardFStripeRendezvous

7 жыл бұрын

Because Most of them are either stolen from Western or European counterparts or just plain ugly, along with the fact that their manufacturing quality is questionable, just like everything else manufactured in Russia. When everyone gets paid the same there's no incentive to produce quality products. Soviet aircraft fly on very sketchy shoestring operations. That's why people hate them. Antonov is probably one of the only Soviet (obviously not Soviet now) aircraft manufacturers I trust, only because they're forced to keep their company reputable because of them having the largest plane in the world and all

I am a FANATIC of Cubana airlines, and Russian aircraft as of lately. This couldn't have been more a perfectly timed upload! Would love to see more of these types of videos.

@titan9259

6 жыл бұрын

I have a gemini jets model il 62m

I wonder if people saying they would never fly on these planes have done any research or have any clue about safety records... they just repeat what they were told as kids while watching propaganda. This planes are beautiful and safe

Wow the Yak-42 is a real nice looking airplane. Sharp looking cockpit.

@wtrdogg20

5 жыл бұрын

But noisy As Fuck

I flew on the IL-62M in 1987 from Warsaw, Poland to Montreal, Canada, it was a 9 hour flight and the captain let me sit in the cockpit for 4 hours of the flight. At that time i was 11 years old but i remember it like it was yesterday. The only thing i hated was the noise because i was sitting in the tail section right beside the engines. The plane i flew on crashed three weeks later while coming back for an emergency landing after it's engine exploded damaging the 3 out of 4 engines and cutting the lines for the control surfaces of the rudder and elevator, the only thing that worked was the trim tab for the elevator which gave the pilots some pitch control, unfortunately there was a fire in the tail, and just six miles from the runway it melted the plastic around the trim control cable leaving the pilots with zero control at which time it crashed. Otherwise the IL-62M was a beautiful aircraft, i really loved the look of it. LINK TO THE INFO ON THE CRASH: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Flight_5055

@luchatrokaalvaradoguajardo5185

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly the IL62 is a mythic plane and loved by all lovers of the world aviation and you maybe never knew but they flew inhospitable and cruel routes that no plane even with GPS + fly TODAY 2017 remember that they assigned these routes to be Of the SOCIALIST block and they came and went to the degree that they never lost nigun il62 at sea in nigun ocean of the world but that such 707 AD-727 and are of the same litter were built only 166 il62 for all the intercontinental airlines of the block SOCIALIST imagines the history of flight the other accidents was by bad maintenance of the airline that flew them and the CUBANA by negligence of the captain of flight and take off with bad weather winds he was to blame (havana)

@luchatrokaalvaradoguajardo5185

7 жыл бұрын

VLADYMIR PUTIN today 2017 and in 2013 is still accompanied by a ssu 13 IL62M of the presidential fleet and ex aeroflot 80s 90s of old observes that and cheka the technical file with the license plate and veras that are of the 80s almost all AIR KORYO flies 2 il62 From 1975 in full 2017

Now THESE guys are airmen. No glass panel, just old school steam gauges. You'd think the airline could at least give them some kinda upgrade. Great video.

@luislaurencio

7 жыл бұрын

Spencer Maze but its four of them in there, not really harder than the 2 man set up

They're huge because they are still controlled by wires and cables and the pilot also has to be strong. Even the tiller is huge.

As an American, to see a part of Cuba in this manner was just amazing. Thank you, Just Planes!

The IL-62 is truly beautiful aircraft. It's too bad that Cubana has now retired them from passenger service and perhaps, all service now even. When I was last in Cuba, in Feb 2012, I did see a couple of IL-62 on the ground at Jose Marti, that were in long-term storage mode. Later, I saw two more IL-62's flying over Havana. Perhaps a few are being used for cargo service, or perhaps they were merely on a ferry flight to a storage facility. Regardless, the IL-62 is a truly beautiful airliner.

hahhaah steering during taxi like a boss ahaha

Flown a few time with Cubana on their Yak-42's and their IL-96-300's love this airline and love Russian/Soviet planes, true feeling of flying.

Amazing video.., Cubana and Cuba in its best. beautifull, old but well treated. Only people with that much education can do it. IL-62 is so clean, so gracious...

Amazing...the nose-wheel steering wheel right on the control column. Most airliners use the side mounted 'tiller'....

I like the steering wheel at 3:23 instead of a tiller!

3:46 wow. That pull up was quick

As advanced as modern jets are, they'll never surpass the old soviet planes in looks.

Ive flown on the VC-10, Trident and Dc-9 and absolutely adore them so I would love to get onboard one of the Russian equivalents.

Just love the radar at 4:08. I bet you could see the next seagull from 10 feet.

That is just fantastic. Not too often do you get a stem to stern in & out overview of a classic "whistler" Ilyushin IL-62M That cockpit layount with the turquoise blue scheme reminds me a little of a 1950's/1960's Powerwagon dashboard

I like that ground steering for the nose wheel in the middle for the il-62M, I've never seen that before.

Very nice video. Greetings from sunny Jamaica. (90 miles from Cuba)

I've never seen this part of the world, Great Video Justplanes!

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed it.

planes with souls ... :)

Excellent video!

good video, the AN-24 actually has a really nice cabin

Used to turn these on the YYZ ramp in Fifteen Years ago . Many memories crawling around the belly offloading full flights.

I flew on il-62m when i was 16 years old it was in 1991 LOT polish airlines flew from Warsaw Poland to Montreal Canada it would be my dream to fly on it again but not to many are in service any more.

Nice Enjoyed this Thanks Justplanes and Cubana Airlines.

this is pure aviation. because you don't see a NAVIGATOR anymore!! I'd love to fly a Cubana IL-62 or an Air Koryo IL-62...

@issueagent There is an extra steering wheel, which is only visually connected to the yoke. They have nothing to do with each other actually.

love the tiller wheel on the actual yoke

@Justplanes-what's the city that they landed in at the end of this video?? Great job!!

how old are that video? it's from 90's?

this plane is just fantastic no fancy computers just the good old basic what flying supposed to be

Muito bem produzido este vídeo valeu gostei

@issueagent You can see that the tiller is in the yoke but not connected to it.

at the end il62 is a beautiful aircraft!

@Leo87217

9 жыл бұрын

Tal vez, pero parece una mala copia del 727.

@autr727

9 жыл бұрын

Luke Snowmaker no it isn´t

@1998artek

7 жыл бұрын

Cuando Boeing lanzo al Mercado el 747 en 1968 con fuselaje ancho ellos seguian con sus fuselaje estrecho hasta bien entrada la decada de los 80 no cambiaron con el IL 86

@RichardFStripeRendezvous

7 жыл бұрын

it's pretty fuckin ugly. It's an autistic copy of the Vickers VC-10

@axl1632

7 жыл бұрын

Mas bien es del VC-10 de Vickers....

Amazing.

I've flown on Cubana many times....it's a great airline with great service and wonderful, knowledgeable and friendly staff. (message continued in the next post )

@hadabenz Two questions on the IL 62: 1/ What instruments are there on the navigator's panel that there aren't on the pilots'? 2/ Is the navigator a career long navigator, or is he a man building his hours to become a pilot? Can anyone answer me these 2 questions, please!

Yo monte en uno de estos de la Habana a Santiago de Cuba en 1994.

flown with these once funny experience

nice video..........thankyou cubana.......thank yu castro

glass cockpit what's that? look how he steers during the taxi

I have always wondered what the idea behind the big and small yokes was? I find it interesting that the yoke comes out of the panel, not the floor. Oh I see, it is a tiller....cool.

Damn yes! Beatifull plane all the sides.

Although there's all sorts of old Russian jets still out there, bought by airlines that can't afford anything newer. With these planes, you have to be able to read the subtle nuances and pay attention to all 3,000 gauges in front of you. Flying was hard work back in the day. Which leads me to the point that these pilots, although from poorer nations, gain valuable experience rapidly because of this difficulty.

Does the yoke control the nose steering as well? (As seen from video)

Fascinating Aircrafts:)

IL 62 is so beautiful

Any word when the Castros are gonna buy new planes? And do they really use dry ice in the AC systems? To keep the cabin cool? I flew on one of those "disco" flights before. And was even given Havana Club 7 year. For free! What a gig!

I loved the flight attendant...

Grasias!

I was a little kid when i fly in IL-62 last time. May be 20 years ago.

tiller in the yoke? good idea!

the literally push back TRACTOR

Why the yokes on all these planes so huge? I can't figure that one out!

I noticed that the checklist for the IL 62 was printed in English and the crew gave their checks in English...was that just for the video or is it always that way in Cubana?

They had to call farmer brown for the tug service.

@raboesperto

6 жыл бұрын

no, it's sinor jisus

That is one badl*ss plane, even down to the sound of those engines. The service on that flight looks better than some of the US airlines.

Yes, yoke out of the panel, just like a Cessna 172!

Woh four engines on the back.. like a rocket ...:)

yak-42 clobber my favorite!

i love this video tnx for share

Nosewheel tiller on the main stick...interesting. Never seen that before.

Even Orval & Wilbur laughed at that first plane

so what planes do they fly now in Cuba ????

Wow!I see Russian flight attendants in first flight by IL-62! Is it right?

Incredible plane, look like it was built like a flying train.

Nothing better than your next flight being brought to you by a tractor!

Dude in the middle row watching that butt @ 5:19. Awesome vid. Looking forward to buying the full version.

@7:27 Who needs air conditioner when fans are sufficient enough. LOL

Did you mean IL-62?

Nice end to the video landing in Guatemala city.

One hell of a loud plane

Son muy viejos pero vuelon muy bien....

Hello

That's also a frickin' weird plane... Four engines and a tail wheel!

that has to be the fasted autopilot ever.

Is there a type rated IL 62 pilot reading this who can answer me some questions on the IL 62? Please contact me! Thanks.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha I love those flight decks omg! Except now I feel even less safe flying on Bloc airlines... Great vid though!

Im sorry but i would not fly in a such old outdated plane. How old was the first plane shown?

hello well done thanks

I never knew the IL62s cockpit were translated into English

they have tu-154's as well, russia flys boeing and airbus aircraft now as well

nice

These planes are so old fashion cockpits

im a American i plain going to cuba for vacation

Tupolev??

I can't believe it never occurred to me that cuban would use russian aircraft...it's so obvious...those cockpits are fucking awesome...the tractor at the beginning is a nice touch too haha

Those are REAL steam gauges in that cockpit

Reliable classic... like a Lada 2105 ;=

Old school skills

Nice video, all those Russian planes perfectly flying over Cuba skies.

Nice tow truck at the beginin''''''''!!!!!

ha ha. the flintstones... yabba dabba doo.

Awesome planes. Those Russion. They have no EFIS.

Newst plane ever!!